Fast and effective query refinement
Published 1 January 1997Open access
Bienvenido Vélez, Ron J. Weiss, Mark A. Sheldon, David K. Gifford
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article Free AccessFast and effective query refinement Authors: Bienvenido Vélez Programming Systems Research Group, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Programming Systems Research Group, MIT Laboratory for Computer ScienceView Profile , Ron Weiss Programming Systems Research Group, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Programming Systems Research Group, MIT Laboratory for Computer ScienceView Profile , Mark A. Sheldon Lotus Development Corporation Lotus Development CorporationView Profile , David K. Gifford Programming Systems Research Group, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Programming Systems Research Group, MIT Laboratory for Computer ScienceView Profile Authors Info & Claims ACM SIGIR ForumVolume 31Issue SIDecember 1997 pp 6–15https://doi.org/10.1145/278459.258528Published:01 July 1997Publication History 75citation1,195DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations75Total Downloads1,195Last 12 Months73Last 6 weeks22 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF
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